Wix Blog: Creating Blog Post Subscriptions

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Adding a paywall is a great way to separate your public and premium content. By adding that extra layer to your blog content, you can enhance engagement and boost your monetization efforts.

Before you begin:

You need to have payment method set up in order to set up a subscription. Learn more.

A screenshot showing how a post would appear if it was added to a subscription.

Step 1 | Choose which posts to monetize

The first step is to choose which posts you want to monetize. When choosing posts, consider their value and uniqueness. Highlight in-depth, insightful, or exclusive content that receives high engagement from your followers. Ensure a balance of monetized and freely accessible content for a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Note:

In the following steps, we'll be choosing a single blog post to start from, however, you can add as many posts as you like to the plan you're about to create.

To choose a blog post:

Go to the Blog tab in your site's dashboard.
Click Create New Post.
Click Monetize in the toolbar on the left.
Click Get Started.

A screenshot showing the option to get started with setting up a pricing plan for your content.

Step 2 | Create a pricing plan for your post

Wix Blog works with Pricing Plans to allow you to create a subscription paywall to your readers. After clicking Get Started in step 1, you'll be directed to create your first plan.

To create a plan:

Click Create Plan in the popup.
Enter the plan details:
- Plan name: Choose a descriptive name for your plan.
- Tagline: Write a concise and appealing tagline that summarizes the plan's benefits.
- List of benefits: Detail the benefits that subscribers receive as part of the plan.

A screenshot showing the plan info and what is included in the plan.

Under Other Benefits, choose which posts you want to include:
1. Click Choose Posts under Posts included.
2. Select the posts you want to include.
3. Click Done.
Under Pricing Options, set the pricing and duration of the subscription. You can choose from the following options:
- Free Plan: Offer your blog readers access to your subscription content for free. Click the drop-down to select the duration.
- One Time Payment: Offer your readers access to your subscription content for a one time payment. Enter the price and select the length of the plan.
- Recurring Payments: Offer your readers access to your subscription content when they set up a recurring payment plan. Enter the payment frequency and the price of each payment.
(Optional) Under Settings, provide details of the plan policy:
1. Click the One purchase per person toggle to choose how you want to allow visitors to purchase this plan:
  - Enabled: Visitors can only purchase this plan once.
  - Disabled: Visitors can purchase this plan more than once.
2. Provide any important information about the plan, e.g., renewals, cancellations and refunds.
When you're ready to create your plan, click Save.